Super Simple Birthday Wishes

Super simple cards for birthdays are good to have on hand.  Maybe you don't really know the person but really want to give them a handmade card...or maybe you want to make a bunch to package together to give as a gift.

Here is one idea for a simple layout you can make quickly:

If you scroll down through the pictures you can see two versions with the same layout but different colors.  Just a small detail changes.

 Card details:

Base - SU Basic Black

DP - SU Tempting Turquoise stamped with SU Baroque Motifs

Lace - Dollar Tree

Sentiment - Studio G stamped onto SU Whisper White

(the shape is a PDC shaplie cut with my Silhouette)

 The flowers from the card above and below are ones that I crocheted but can easily be replaced with a paper flower.  I sat down watching TV one day and crocheted a whole bunch at a time in different colors so that I would have them on hand when I needed them.

The metal flower is a spacer I bought from Stamp and Create attached with a brad from my stash.

 The only difference with this card is the DP is done using SU Rose Red and the flower has a button from PTI Pure Poppy attached with black twine.

Thanks for hanging out with me!

I am adding these to the following challenges:

Stamp and Create Challenge: Birthdays

Seize the Birthday: Always Birthday with option Twine or String

Milk Coffee Challenge: Birthday

Inky Chicks: Happy Birthday

Glitter n Sparkle: Birthday

May Hope Sustain You

Some of the reasons that us papercrafters make cards, 3D objects, or scrapbook layouts is to bring a smile to face of the recipient, to give something personal, to feel calm (I find it calming to craft), as well as to get whatever sketch or idea out of my head.  :-)

One of those times that I don't particularly like is making Sympathy cards.  It makes me sad.  It means someone I love is hurting.  I still want to give a card.  I pray that the words in it touch their hearts.  It still makes me sad.

I made two cards in different colors but with the same layout.

 Card details:

Base - PTI White

Other paper - SU Basic Black; SU Pretty in Pink

Stamp: PTI With Sympathy stamped with Versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Pink Lace: Dollar Tree

Jewels: Taylor's Tiny Twinkles

 The shape surrounding the words is a Shaplie from Penny Duncan Creations that was cut with my old Cricut.

 The next card is the same layout but with different colors.

Base: PTI Winter Wisteria

Ribbon: You can't tell from the picture but it is white.  I found it at a yard sale.

I am entering these cards in the following challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

AudSentiments - With Sympathy

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Gracias for hanging out with me!

Precious Angel

Such a long time between blog posts...
Well - I actually lost my mojo for a while.  My craft area looked so nice and clean for a long time...but sad at the same time.  Nothing was being used.  So, so sad.  :-)  I am actually being crafty with a bunch of preschoolers right now.  Are teeny kid crafts stunting my creativity??? Seriously, though - I am having fun with the little ones.  I enjoy the messy crafts and just getting to hear all the funny stories from the wee-ones.  They are precious!
So with my lack of mojo, also came my lack of posting.  I actually have so many cards to post in my "archives".  I just haven't done it.
Do any of you feel that way sometimes?

Well - my mojo came back and I have busy crafting again.  Yay me!  So that is giving me motivation to post, so here it goes!
The following two cards are Thank you cards to some friends.

This card uses TGF Angel Anya.  It is embossed on watercolor paper, cut with the Cricut using a PDC Shaplie SVG and colored with Twinkling H2Os.  Base - SU Pumpkin Pie; DP - stash; ribbon - Michaels; Brads - SU.  In the next pic you can see the Stickles.

 I am entering this card in Cute Card Thursday Challenge 241 - Fairies and Angels and the ABC Challenge: A for Appreciation.

The next card is using the same image and cut with the same PDC Shaplie.

 Base - SU Very Vanilla; the purple matte - my stash; DP - my stash; flower - Prima; lace - Joann's.

Gracias for hanging out with me!
Yolie

Babbette

Kraftin' Kimmie has some cute hottie tottie stamps. I love the "sassy-ness" of them!

 

This stamp is called Babette.  She is embossed on watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os.  The shape is cut with my Cricut using one of PDC Shaplies.  Card base is SU Basic Black.  The red is SU Riding Hood Red.  DP is DCWV Mariposa Stack.  Ribbon is SU Basic Black Satin.  Brads are also from SU.   

The butterfly is cut from the same paper stack and covered with Stickles.  The sentiment is also Kraftin' Kimmie.

Gracias for hanging out with me!

Teacher in a bottle???

Not really - This is actually an Olive Garden salad dressing bottle.  We love Olive Garden salad dressing.  Their house italian dressing is delicious.   So every time we would go to Olive Garden we would buy one or two bottles to take home.  Of course their bottles are too pretty to throw away, so I wash them up and make a gift.  Super Easy!

 It is filled with Jelly Belly beans!

On the lid I used DP from SU Summer Picnic paper.  The ribbon along the lid and tied on the handle are scraps from my stash.

The bottom has uses a stamp from PTI Teacher's Apple.  The shape was cut from SU Very Vanilla using a PDC Shaplie.  The pears are from Stamp and Create.

Gracias for hanging out with me!

More Thank You cards...

I am really bad about posting the pix of the cards I have made... of course as of today I only have 3 followers - LOL - so it's okay! These are 2 of the thank you cards that are similar to the ones I made here.
This is Angel Anya from The Greeting Farm. She was stamped and embossed on watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os. The shape was cut with my Cricut with the Scallop Shaplie Mat from PDC. I covered her wings and halo with Stickles.

The card base is SU Very Vanilla. The DP is SU Sending Love. The pink matte is SU Pink Piroutte. The flowers are Primas set with red brads. The ribbon is actually from the Dollar Tree.

The next card is similar. The ribbon is from my scraps.

Gracias for hanging out with me!

Herald Angel

I didn't really have time to make too many Christmas cards this year. This has only been the second year that I have made Christmas cards. I think I need to start my Christmas cards in the summer. I have little to no time in December. It isn't just my personal stuff that I do for Christmas... it's everything else. I also have my kids school stuff and my own class stuff. Crazy. I know there are so many of you out there that are in the same situation.

Anyway, I was able to make only about 10 of the following card. It didn't really take that long to make - it's just that I didn't have the time to sit.The card base is SU Riding Hood Red. The background DP is SU Very Vanilla stamped one of the snowflakes from SU Snow Swirled with SU Riding Hood Red ink. The other DP is from the DCWV Holiday Collection Stack. The image is High Hopes Herald Angel. It was embossed on watercolor paper that I cut with my Cricut with a Shaplie file from Penny Duncan Creations. I colored it with Twinkling H2Os. The matte is is SU Soft Suede. The charm is from Stamp and Create. The ribbon is from the Dollar Tree.
The following is the side view: The next card has the same HH Angel with a few different elements: The base is PTI Kraft Cardstock. The DP is DCWV Holiday Collection Stack. The ribbon is from Michaels. The flowers are primas. The brads are from my stash. The matte is SU Riding Hood Red.
The next pic is the side view: Thanks for hanging out with me!

Angel Anya Thank Yous

My 12yr son recently had surgery. He had to have his ACL reconstructed due to a football injury. Its a big surgery for such a young kid. They had to take two of his hamstrings and make a whole new ligament. The surgeon and the hospital staff were great.
Well, I have these wonderful women at my job who apparently saw the look of stress in my eyes. I don't like to complain or ask for help. Apparently I think I am superwoman. My lovely friend Amy got a list going to bring my food the Thursday of my son's surgery, as well as Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. It was awesome not to have to think of what I was going to make for the rest of my family - but it was even more "awesomer" (is that a word?) to know that I have a wonderful group of women who are so selfless and giving. If you are in the Jacksonville, FL area and happen upon Argyle Christian Preschool and Kindergarten at The Church at Argyle... let these women know that they are AMAZING!
Anyway - here are two of the thank you cards I made them:


This is The Greeting Farm's Angel Anya. She is so cute. She was embossed on watercolor paper which was cut out using my Cricut with a PDC 10 Scallop Shaplie Mat. I colored her using Twinkling H2Os. I used stickles on her halo and wings. The base is SU Close to Cocoa. The DP is SU Loves Me. The other CS is Taken with Teal. The ribbon was from the $Spot at Target. The Charm is from Stamp and Create.

Here is the side view so you can see the embossing and the stickles. The next cared is the same layout, except I colored Angel Anya's dress in turquoise.

And the side view...

I have a bunch more I will post later! Thanks for hanging out with me!

Yolanda

My Favorite Color

My boys and my kindergarteners will be able to tell you that my favorite color is green. Even as a little girl my favorite color was always green. Nothing in my house, though, is green. I have red walls. Brick red. Not all the walls. The contrasting walls are a light brown. So as an adult, I now have a new favorite color in addition to green... I never thought about it until the challenge on the Raise the Bar blog - Challenge #15 Color Me Happy - use your favorite color on a card.

I like this Vivienne stamp by Kraftin' Kimmie. She is so sassy. I used this stamp on a previous post. So I was able to fit both of my favorite colors on this card. At first I didn't know if I liked it, but I really did after I colored her and added the flowers. (The flowers were added for Our Creative Corner challenge blog - which is to use blossoms. I would've used red half pearls with the green but I didn't have any.

The base is SU Riding Hood Red. The DP is from DCWV Mariposa Stack. I cut the shape with my cricut using a nesting template from Penny Duncan Creations. The flowers are primas. Vivienne was embossed on watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os. The spacers and half pearls are from Stamp and Create. The brad is from my stash.

The next picture is the inside:

The butterfly is cut from the same DP and I added some stickles. (The blur is what I wrote. It is a birthday card for my friend in Washington.)

Thanks for looking!

Vivienne

I can't believe how awesome this world of card creating is. I have stumbled upon some really cool blogs of some really awesome talented people. It's addicting! I haven't figured out if it's a good thing or a bad thing. I have found myself browsing through blogs and being completely surprised by an hour passing easily.



Anyway, I stumbled upon the blog Stamping by Sam. She is so creative. I can't believe how many challenges she does with just one card. Crazy! I clicked on a few challenge links of hers and came across All Sorts Challenge Blog and 365 Cards (which had a link to Practical Scrappers).



The All Sorts Challenge 47 is using "Petals and Pearls". The Practical Scrappers Challenge is using "Glitter and Bling". I fulfilled both challenges without even knowing it! Awesome when things work out that way!



The stamp on this card is Vivienne from Kraftin' Kimmie which I bought at Stamp and Create. I think she is so cute! I made this card for my friend's birthday. I made another one with Vivienne which I will post another day.

Vivienne is embossed on watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os. I cut the shapes out with my Cricut. It is a nesting file I got from Penny Duncan Creations. The card base is SU Basic Black. The pink cardstock is PTI Raspberry Fizz stamped with a flower from SU Merci Stamp set. The DP is from DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack. I really like the DP. It comes with the glitter already on it. The flowers are Prima. The black brads on the flower I bought a long time ago from Taylored Expressions. The spacers on the flower and the half pearls I bought from Stamp and Create.



Thanks for looking!